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Great, detailed report! Reaper Boy may have to change his name to Ned lol. We learned last spring not to depend too much on the chase baits and have done much better on the deeper plastics. There will be plenty of time for the chasers later. Can’t wait to see Bassquatch too. Solid upgrade for you ...

Dfishin wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 2:17 pm Congrats on a great day. It's nice you picked up a rig to fish out of, but really happy you picked up a scale!
Were you in hauser?

Yes the scale comes in handy and makes for less fishy fish stories . And yes, we were focused on Hauser.

It looks like its been pretty steady since March

It finally happened for me, I had one of the absolutely epic days that Barrett is known for. Started going last year and had some solid days but this was on a totally different level. Pretty much non-stop bites all day. Don’t know what my total count was but it had to have been pushing 100. All day ...

Hi all,

Got started in the darkness at Barrett, which is a personal favorite of mine. Met Chuck and we headed out around 0500, air was cool, but water was 67F at the surface. Played around in the main lake for a bit. Soft plastics ( Lizard, beaver and some strange thing from Googan squad) were ...

Met Dave and Joe in line early, another crowded morning at Pigs. Decided to try Pine and it was a little harder than Hauser, but Joe found them. Headed back to Hauser and it was the popper, crawler,buzz bait,even got a couple early on a wake bait. Biggest was 5lb on a popper, a couple 3s and 4s ...

https://youtu.be/xfYSLGwG9Hs

Made it out there for Mother's Day with a blessing from my wife. Long story short it was an epic day for me. Met up with Early release at the gate and headed out on the water. There was not much for topwater but the jig bite was on FIRE. My previous record there was 71 ...

We’re not interested in your fish counts. We all know you slay. We only watch because we want to know what the beverage of the day is.

Pretty sure that boat at the very beginning was my son and I heading out. We were the first to take off from there dock. I watched shawnter’s son rope them while I unloaded the boat. Another cool video

Hi all,

Quick report on Saturday's proceedings. Met Chris Pourboy and Brad and Ryan dark and early, bright was a few hours away. Cooler morning, about 55F, water still pleasant at 68 F. Slight south wind. We all headed out to the main lake body and started getting them on jigs, plastics and some ...

Annual trip with my buddy who I introduced to Barrett 3 years ago. Got to the gate at 0400, on the water at 0500, first fish around 0600 (pedaled around a bit up into Pine). We stayed in Pine all day, not much traffic which was great. Got em on the jigs (duh), drop-shot (duh), some nice ones back in ...

The bummer was I lost my phone!
Fishing was great. My son in law (John) and I on our tubes. Pretty much all places we fished had fish 1 pic will show you a place. All structure, shallow to 10,15 ft of water. Most fish cam fishing parallel in the 10 to 15' of water. Baits 3" stick baits, a fluke but ...

What are you powering that with? And what battery ? Looks like a great time . Congrats

I’ve got a 55lb Newport with a Lithium 100ah battery. Battery powers us all day all around the lake with little drain. Motor was initially transom mounted and worked fine. I read that they work much better on ...

Have you considered the type of strong magnet they use for magnet fishing? Decent ones are only $30 on Amazon.

Good day everyone. I am usually a read only user. I thought I would just do a post regarding one of the boats. We were on the water about 4:30 a.m. with three guys over 200 lb. We headed down Hauser arm and about halfway down we realize we had about 8 in of water in the boat. We stopped bailed it ...

Another nice day at Barrett lake. Got there bright and early and met up with Chuck, Joe, Steve and Ismael. We all headed to various headings in the dark. Water was at 68F on the surface, air was 60F. There was a southern wind in the early morning, but it gave way to a mirror surface lake quickly ...

Lake Barrett Bass Fishing: Is This The BEST SEASON EVER?


Editing issues but here it is hot off the presses. Thanks for the patience. Cheers!

It was a cold one when I pull up yesturday was on the water while it was still dark which is very unusual ( I dont like fishing dark) meet with early release in the lot and then in beckys cove ..
Hit the shore across pigs lots with no takers on the lizard but the crank got a few dinks, once sun ...

I'm not a bass fishing expert like many of you. About all I know how to do well is drop-shot roboworms. From 230 to 730 Wednesday afternoon, I landed 43 bass, 20 of them not larger than a banana. I must have tied 15 palomar knots, often losing my hook and worm to an underwater tree or bush. And ...